www.burntridgenursery.com - best value online that I've found, no frills catalog but their prices and quality of plants can't be beat.

www.raintreenursery.com - a bit more expensive, but a wider selection and a color catalog to drool over. Healthy plants too.

Our elevation is 7100 feet, summer highs to 95F, winter lows to -18F.

Enjoy the photos, when time permits I'll add captions with some more description.

The backyard still has plenty of thick ground cover, it is quite a chore to remove. Most of our wildflowers are found elsewhere throughout the Inyo National forest but at higher elevations. I believe the shade from the canopy of aspens allows the wildflowers to exist at our lower and hotter climate. Lots of water from the creek helps too!

In this photo above you can see a portion of our forest which has been cleared of rose thickets and other underbrush. Perfect for native wildflowers and fruit bushes. (Shade tolerant species preferred - though some sunlight makes it through)

Kelley's Tiger Lily

Lilium kelleyanum - Lily Family

Broad-Leaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus - Pea Family

Bridge's Penstemon

Penstemon rostriflorus - Snapdragon Family

Sego Lily

Calochortus bruneaunis - Lily Family

Crimson Columbine

Aquilegia formosa - Buttercup Family

(with bug)

Richardson's Geranium

Geranium richardsonii - Geranium Family

Wild Rose

Rosa woodsii - Rose Family

Kelley's Tiger Lily w/ moth

unidentified

Dontknowhatitisii perplexus

Desert Paintbrush and granite

Castilleja chromosa - Snapdragon family

Gooseberry

Chokecherry

Black Currant

White Currant

Stella Cherry - this tree actually has a name, Estella.

Apple - It's the Hilton Creek Winter Banana

Pear - Bartlett

Plum - combo tree, 4 varieties.

Horsetail - with mosquito

Equisetum - Horsetail Family

Gooseberry

Planted unidentified flower

Planted Snow Columbine

Yet another planted unidentified wildflower - we don't mind

Flowering pea - non edible

American Dogwood

Cornus sericea - Dogwood Family

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides - Willow Family

Just another shot of the Penstemon. Just because. (I like it)

Wild Iris

Iris missouriensis - Iris Family

Mule's ears

Wyethia mollis - Composite Family

Aspen onions

Allium bisceptrum - Lily Family

Common lilac (but sure smells good)

Syringa vulgaris - Olive Family

Honeyberry, "Berry Blue"

Lonicera kamchatika - Honeysuckle Family

White Aspen onion - the whole thing tasted great. (sorry, I didn't have to eat you but I did)